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IFM to cut fees after pricing review

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2013
Industry Funds Management (IFM), which oversees $44 billion in assets, is ready to set a date for its wide-ranging fee reduction, almost two years after announcing a pricing review. The Global Pricing Review was first announced in November 2011 and ...

SME with accountant advice are more successful: research

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUN 2013
Small and medium enterprises (SME) using their accountants as advisers are more likely to achieve financial success, according to MYOB Business Monitor research. The March 2013 MYOB Business Monitor found that 21% of SMEs with an advisory relationship ...

TASA necessary for customer protection: accountants

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUN 2013
The Institute of Public Accountants (IPA) is supporting the Tax Agent Services Act (TASA) scheduled to be voted on today in the House of Representatives. The IPA said that the measure will give Australians the necessary consumer protection when it comes ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUN 2013
The Australian market looks set to open lower after a mixed performance on international markets overnight. At 0810 AEST on Wednesday, the June share price index futures contract was down 19 points at 4,879. In economic news on Wednesday, the Australian ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 JUN 2013
The Australian share market is set to open significantly lower after heavy falls on Wall Street on Friday night. But encouraging manufacturing data out of China on the weekend could provide a boost for mining stocks. At 0735 AEST on Monday, the June ...

March sees moderate growth in super contributions

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAY 2013
Contributions to superannuation funds were moderate in March, with discretionary contributions growing strongly, but compulsory flows slightly falling. The latest Bond Report by the Financial Services Council (FSC) shows that discretionary contributions ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2013
Australian stocks have hit a six-week low after the OECD downgraded Australian and world economic growth forecasts, causing mining stocks to tumble. The downbeat prediction from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development also hit US ...

No growth in managed funds

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2013
Managed funds are still languishing according to official figures released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). The ABS has just released figures detailing the $2 trillion managed investments sector and they confirm that while superannuation ...

TASA now likely to include advisers by July 2013

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2013
The Tax Agents Services Act (TASA) has been tabled to introduce a "financial adviser services" category for advisers and the measure is likely to start on July 1, 2013. The House of Representatives tabled the legislation this week and the bill is expected ...

Former boutique firm analyst pleads guilty to insider trading

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2013
A former analyst with boutique finance firm Lincoln Crowne & Company (LCC) has pleaded guilty to an insider trading charge following an Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) investigation. The charge against Jonathan Jin Yi Ang, 25 ...